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Barbara Campbell, former D.C. principal, sued for tuition fraud

Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/02/barbara-campbell-former-d-c-principal-sued-for-tuition-fraud--85283.html#ixzz2KzveXjxB

A former D.C. principal and her family are being sued by the city for allowing her great-grandson, who lived outside the district, to attend her school for free.

The tuition fraud suit against Barbara Campbell, her daughter and granddaughter was filed Friday. The suit alleges Campbell and her family enrolled the child at Langdon Education Campus in D.C. for more than two years and lied about where the child lived.

At an administrative hearing, the family testified that the boy lived in D.C. with his mother when, in fact, he lived with Campbell in Maryland.

According to the Office of the Attorney General, the city is seeking more than $75,000 in unpaid tuition and civil penalties.

The daughter did not and  never has lived in the District of Columbia. Only the great grandmother who orchestrated this plan stated she lived in DC. The only relative residing in DC was the grandmother who lived in SE, DC. Ironically, this same grandmother was barred from DCPS properties yet was employed by the great grandmother to operate the school's after care program. This sounds like a very corrupt situation. Prince George's County court records indicate the mother resided in MD in her custody filings. Was this why she was fired by DCPS ?  There is an awful stench hovering over this whole scheme.
Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/02/barbara-campbell-former-d-c-principal-sued-for-tuition-fraud--85283.html#ixzz2KzvUEqiT
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I'm confused.  If the boy's mother lived in DC, that should have been enough to entitle him to a DC education, even if he was living with his grandmother in MD.

The law in DC is a follows:

(a) In the case of: (1) each adult who attends a public school of the District of Columbia and does not reside in the District of Columbia; and (2) each child who attends such a public school and does not have a parent, guardian, custodian, or other primary caregiver who resides in the District of Columbia, or is not an orphan; there shall be paid to the State Education Office the amount fixed by the State Education Office pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

DC ST § 38-302

So, the law requires adults to reside in DC, but children [b]only to have a parent, custodian, or primary caregiver who resides in DC[/b].

For example, in a divorce situation where the mother has custody and resides in MD and the father resides in DC, the child could attend a DCPS.

I don't see how having a mother who resides in DC while living with your grandmother in MD is fundamentally different.  Why did the family bother lying about where the child lived?

Would someone who really understands the law please explain. [/quote]

I can understand how you are mis-reading that, but you ARE mis-reading it.  What that means is, the PRIMARY CAREGIVER (be it a parent, custodian, or other primary caregiver) has to live in DC.  Primary caregiver by definition means the person the child mainly lives with.  The only place where there's a question about this is where the child equally splits time between 2 homes, in which case the DC home should still be able to make a case for residency.

But where mom lives in DC but the child is living (meaning, going home every night, eating, sleeping, and mainly living) with Great Grandma in MD, that does NOT meet the above definition because the primary caregiver is great grandma, not mom.[/quote]

I'm not misreading the law.  The word "or" has an accepted meaning that cannot be changed by the statute.  The child must have a "parent, custodian, [b]or[/b] other primary caregiver" who lives in DC.

The rationale for adding "or other primary caregiver" to the law is to legitimize cases in which neither parent lives in DC, but the child's primary caregiver does, as would the child in that case.

In this case, however, the child's mother does live in DC.  It does not matter where the child's primary caregiver lives.[/quote][/quote]

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